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Episode 92: The Positive Impact of Camp with Echo

July 14, 2025

Cady "Echo" Latt shares her GAC story, which started back in 2008 when she attended a one week "Nuggets" program after she had finished Kindergarten. After 10 years as a camper, Echo joined as a Junior Counselor. She's now in her 5th year on staff. This year, Echo joins Sneaks in heading up our  Junior Counselor Program. In this longer conversation than our typical podcast chat, Echo and Sunshine talk about the benefits of camp, how camp has shaped her, and how much teens especially benefit from time at camp.

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Episode 91: Getting Outside with Boulder

July 7, 2025

Fifth year camp staff member and 2025 Head Counselor, Boulder, talks about his experience as a camper at GAC and his love of backpacking and being outdoors that has developed as a result of his time at camp. Since one of our GAC core values is "Connecting with Nature," it's great to hear about the impact GAC has had on Boulder's love of the outdoors.

Today’s Friendship Tip: Find Your Best Calm Down Strategy

July 4, 2025

Today at Morning Assembly, we talked about the important skill of learning to "unflip our lids" by figuring out our go-to calm down strategies for when we're feeling irritated, frustrated, annoyed, or angry with our friends. We talked about how it's important to learn how to "unflip our lids" when we're upset.

Flipping Your Lid

We talked with campers about how sometimes we "Flip our Lids" and how being a good friend to others means learning good strategies for calming ourselves down so that we can interact with our friends in ways that build up - not tear down - our friendships. We talked about how when our lids are flipped, our thinking brain isn't in charge and we're being led by our big feelings. When our lids are flipped, we often say or do things that make our friends feel bad and that we later regret. We shared our brief summary of Dr. Dan Siegel's Hand Brain Model with campers: And we've shared this poster with campers so they can see a visual about a flipped verses unflipped brain.

Calm Down Strategies

We then had campers share their favorite calm-down strategies, and they had so many! We also shared this poster with more ideas:    

Session 2 Outpost & Events Schedule

July 1, 2025

There's always something going on at camp, whether that's a cabin theme day, a backpacking trip or a visit to Shaver Island! Check out the outpost schedule below to see where each cabin is going this session.